Police said they had seized weapons in 11 monasteries in a Tibetan-populated area of northwest China that was hit by unrest following violence in Tibet, state media reported on Wednesday.
Officers reported uncovering six caches on Tuesday, followed by finds in five other monasteries in the same region the following day.
"In the past two days, local police found three rifles, 571 bullets, 10 kilogrammes of dynamite, five detonators and 38 satellite receivers in 11 key monasteries in Jone and Xiahe counties, and Hezuo City in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture," Xinhua news agency reported.
Gannan has recently been the scene of unrest following protests in Tibet against Chinese rule in March.
Riots in the Himalayan region came after days of peaceful protests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa against 57 years of Beijing's rule and spilled into other parts of China inhabited by Tibetans, including Hezuo and Xiahe.
Exiled Tibetan leaders say more than 150 people have died in the Chinese crackdown on the demonstrations. China insists it has acted with restraint and killed no one, while blaming Tibetan "rioters" for the deaths of 20 people.
So far, 2,204 people, including 519 monks, have surrendered to the police in connection with the unrest in Gannan, Xinhua said.
Police have released 1,870 of these, including 413 monks, according to the news agency.
